1 MAY: Japan and Australia in Antarctic governance: its 70-Year History

Japan and Australia in Antarctic governance: its 70-Year History

Who could have imagined the current strategically important collaboration between Japan and Australia in the Indo-Pacific area as well as in the Antarctic governance when, in the late 1950s, Australia grudgingly acquiesced in the participation of Japan in the International Geophysical Year (IGY) which led to the establishment of Syowa station just off the Australian claimed area in the East Antarctica and in the diplomatic negotiation leading to the Antarctic Treaty which gave Japan, only one from Asia, a privileged original signatory status under the Antarctic Treaty? This talk will unravel the ups and downs of Japan-Australia relationship relating to Antarctica in its 70-year history under the Antarctic Treaty.

This event is co-organised with Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania Inc.

If you are unable to attend in person, you can join this seminar via zoom at 6pm:

https://utas.zoom.us/j/81345149296?from=addon​

Meeting ID: 813 4514 9296